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Can a hospital emergency room refuse to traet me if I'm uninsured?
Check the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
What is the definition of EMTALA?
Passed in 1986, EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) requires hospitals in the US to provide emergency medical care for anyone in need, regardless of race, ethnicity or citizenship.
Can a hospital refuse a dialysis patient treatment who has not had dialysis in two weeks and just moved to the area?
If you present as an Emergency admission, American hospitals must treat you as specified under EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act). If you do NOT present as an emrgency admit, you may or may not get treated. Your chances of entering as an emergency case increase if you are brought into an Emergency Room and/or come in via ambulance.
What is EMTALA statue?
Passed in 1986, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is "the antidumping law." It is referred to as the "COBRA antidumping law" because it prohibits hospitals from improperly transferring or "dumping" emergency patients from one hospital to another as a result of a patient's inability to pay.
What 1977 laws dealing with refusal of treatment were passed in Arkansas Idaho Nevada New Mexico N Carolina Oregon and Texas?
Answer in part:Texas updated its medical liability laws, and the rights of people to bring a suit against a hospital and or doctor in 1977; there were no laws established (that are still public) that required medical treatment.Please note: the Emergency medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (a Federal Law) was passed in 1986 that requires ALL hospitals to provide emergency medical treatment.
Can a hospital refuse to treat you if you cannot pay the balance of your bill?
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), or Patient Anti-Dumping Act, requires hospitals that except federal funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to treat all seeking care from a hospital's emergency department in all states and territories of the United States. Hospitals can be fined $50,000 per violation. Hospitals with less than 100 beds can be fined $25,000 per violation.
The law that protects one from a lawsuit when giving emergency medical treatment is the?
medical practice act
Who must pay the bill when an uninsured parent checks herself into a hospital?
If possible, the patient must pay the bill. Various State and Federal programs exist that can assist those who aren't insured and still need hospital care. Additionally, the bill EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) requires that Emergency Rooms admit and treat you in a medical emergency, regardless of insurance or ability to pay at the time. However, the hospital has a legal right to charge the patient for services rendered, and to collect debts that relate to such charges.
Is it illegal to refuse emergency health care during a criminal investigation?
In America, it is illegal to refuse anyone who presents at an ER with Emergency Medical care. See the Emergency Treatment and Active Lab or Act (EMTALA). This is true regardless of whether a criminal investigation is in progress or not. If you are asking, "When in police custody (arrested or detained), is it illegal to withold emergency medical treatment?", that answer too is yes. When you're in custody, it becomes the responsibility of the detaining agency to make sure you receive necessary (albeit sometimesminimal) care.
Can a hospital refuse to remove a bug from your ear due to lack of health insurance?
A hospital cannot turn anyone away from the emergency room, without first determining what is wrong with you. Under federal rules called Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the hospital has to screen and treat you whether you have insurance or not. The treatment required, however, only needs to address your immediate, emergency needs. So, for example, the hospital would have to treat you for a heart attack but would not have to arrange a heart transplant for you. Removing a bug certainly seems like a simple operation that would be part of the emergency room care. But if the bug's presence was not causing a medical emergency, and would require surgery, it is possible that the hospital could refuse to do it.
What do the federal emergency relief administration (1933)the social security act (1935)and the fair labor standards act (1938) have in common?
all involved redistribution of wealth
When is pain medicaiton typically given during labor?
If possible, though, administration of pain medication or anesthetics should be delayed until the active phase of labor begins--at which point the medication will not act to slow down or stop the labor.
